Police make further arrest in connection with murder of beloved mother OFFICERS investigating the suspected murder of a beloved mother and fitness fanatic have now arrested a fourth suspect. Police apprehended a 23-year-old man from Kirby Cross on Wednesday night on suspicion of murder. The man, who was arrested by officers in Kent, currently remains in custody for further questioning. The arrest is in connection with the death of Michelle Cooper, who died in hospital on April 25 after slipping into a coma. The 40-year-old had suffered catastrophic head injuries during an incident in Beach Way, Jaywick, two days before. Since then Essex Police officers have launched a murder investigation and three people have so far been charged with murder.
Christopher Golding has been jailed after leading a drug gang in Suffolk and Essex
- Credit: Essex Police
Members of a gang which smuggled cocaine through ports before selling it on dealers across the region have been jailed for a combined total of 40 years.
Christopher Golding headed up the Harlow-based network, which smuggled cocaine in containers through ports before selling it on to gangs supplying west Essex, Hertfordshire, London and Suffolk.
The operation was estimated to have earned them at least £500,000, which was stashed in Bitcoin or laundered through the pub Golding ran as a licensee.
More than £100,000 in cash, assets and weapons - as well as £120,000 worth of cocaine - was later seized, with more money set to be counted by the Proceeds of Crime Act.